Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: remove unneeded link_multi_deps

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Tue Oct 09 2018 - 11:00:19 EST


On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 1:25 PM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Since commit c8589d1e9e01 ("kbuild: handle multi-objs dependency
> appropriately"), $^ really represents all the prerequisite of the
> composite object being built.
>
> Hence, $(filter %.o,$^) contains all the objects to link together,
> which is much simpler than link_multi_deps calculation.
>
> Please note $(filter-out FORCE,$^) does not work here. When a
> single object module is turned into a multi object module, $^ will
> contain header files that were previously included for building the
> single object, and recorded in the .*.cmd file. $(filter %.o,$^)
> should be used to filter out such headers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix regression reported in linux-next.
> https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg1779047.html


V2 replaced V1.


> scripts/Makefile.build | 20 ++------------------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
> index cb03774..f21b48d 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.build
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
> @@ -485,28 +485,12 @@ targets += $(obj)/lib-ksyms.o
>
> endif
>
> -#
> -# Rule to link composite objects
> -#
> -# Composite objects are specified in kbuild makefile as follows:
> -# <composite-object>-objs := <list of .o files>
> -# or
> -# <composite-object>-y := <list of .o files>
> -# or
> -# <composite-object>-m := <list of .o files>
> -# The -m syntax only works if <composite object> is a module
> -link_multi_deps = \
> -$(filter $(addprefix $(obj)/, \
> -$($(subst $(obj)/,,$(@:.o=-objs))) \
> -$($(subst $(obj)/,,$(@:.o=-y))) \
> -$($(subst $(obj)/,,$(@:.o=-m)))), $^)
> -
> quiet_cmd_link_multi-m = LD [M] $@
> -cmd_link_multi-m = $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ $(link_multi_deps) $(cmd_secanalysis)
> +cmd_link_multi-m = $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ $(filter %.o,$^) $(cmd_secanalysis)
>
> $(multi-used-m): FORCE
> $(call if_changed,link_multi-m)
> - @{ echo $(@:.o=.ko); echo $(link_multi_deps); \
> + @{ echo $(@:.o=.ko); echo $(filter %.o,$^); \
> $(cmd_undef_syms); } > $(MODVERDIR)/$(@F:.o=.mod)
> $(call multi_depend, $(multi-used-m), .o, -objs -y -m)
>
> --
> 2.7.4
>


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada